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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bells still hung in the hald tower whi=
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survived until the Royal Engineers pulled it down. They were recovered from=
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rubble except the tenor which went exactly as David said. The new church wa=
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designed with a tower which was never built. 1-8 and the remains of the ten=
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were indeed scrapped and the ninth rehung for electrical chiming on th=
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tripod thingy by John Taylor & Co</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>I've got a book somewhere =
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picture of the church after the bombing. The bellframe can be seen hanging =
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of the tower (which for those who don't know was split down the middle, wit=
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western half remaining standing and the eastern half collapsing) and one of=
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bells is lying on its side on top of the rubble.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Are there known scrapping =
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the bells, and was any of the tenor recovered from the scrapyard to whence =
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had been taken by the dubious demolition contractor?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY><=
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